src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/compiler/module/ModuleInfoParser.java

package org.apache.maven.plugin.compiler.module;

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import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * Extract information from the module-info file
 * 
 * @author Robert Scholte
 * @since 3.6.0
 */
public interface ModuleInfoParser
{
    /**
     * Defines the type of parser, i.e. using the source or the class files
     */
    public enum Type
    {
        SOURCE, CLASS
    }

    /**
     * What kind of file does the parser use
     * 
     * @return the type
     */
    Type getType();

    /**
     * Extracts the name from the module-info file
     * 
     * @param modulePath
     * @return
     * @throws IOException
     */
    JavaModuleDescriptor getModuleDescriptor( File modulePath )
        throws IOException;
}